L Chatenoud

BACKGROUND: To offer data on the relationship between diet and risk of pelvic endometriosis, we analysed data collected in the framework of two case–control studies. METHODS: Data from two case–control studies con-ducted in Northern Italy b…

BACKGROUND: To offer data on the relationship between diet and risk of pelvic endometriosis, we analysed data collected in the framework of two case-control studies. METHODS: Data from two case-control studies conducted in Northern Italy b…

OBJECTIVE: This is a randomized clinical trial comparing estroprogestin (E/P) pill given for 12 months vs. gonadotrophin releasing hormone agonist (GNRHa) given for 4 months followed by E/P pill treatment for 8 months in the relief of endom…

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the relation between selected dietary indicators and the risk of uterine myomas. METHODS: We used data from a case-control study on risk factors for uterine myomas conducted in Italy between 1986 and 1997. Cases inclu…

OBJECTIVE: To analyse the association between use of oral contraception and risk of pelvic endometriosis. DESIGN: We compared use of oral contraception in women with and without endometriosis. PARTICIPANTS: Eligible for the study were wom…

To re-analyse the association between spontaneous and induced abortion and the risk of pelvic endometriosis, a total of 817 women with primary or secondary infertility or pelvic pain requiring laparoscopy were studied. Using women who had r…

In order to analyse risk factors for adenomyosis, 707 consecutive women who underwent hysterectomy between January 1993 and June 1994 at the Clinica Luigi Mangiagalli, Milan, Italy, were interviewed before surgery by trained physicians. Inf…